The Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) is a set of detailed practices for IT activities such as IT service management (ITSM) and IT asset management (ITAM) that focus on aligning IT services with the needs of the business.[1]

ITIL describes processes, procedures, tasks, and checklists which are neither organization-specific nor technology-specific but can be applied by an organization toward strategy, delivering value, and maintaining a minimum level of competency. It allows the organization to establish a baseline from which it can plan, implement, and measure. It is used to demonstrate compliance and to measure improvement. There is no formal independent third-party compliance assessment available for ITIL compliance in an organization. Certification in ITIL is only available to individuals. Since 2021, ITIL has been owned by PeopleCert.[2]

History

Responding to growing dependence on IT, the UK Government's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency (CCTA) in the 1980s developed a set of recommendations designed to standardize IT management practices across government functions, built around a process model-based view of controlling and managing operations often credited to W. Edwards Deming and his plan-do-check-act (PDCA) cycle.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ "it-infrastructure-library". www.ibm.com. Archived from the original on 21 April 2021. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  2. ^ "PeopleCert completes Axelos acquisition". PeopleCert. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  3. ^ David Clifford; Jan van Bon (2008). Implementing ISO/IEC 20000 Certification: The Roadmap. ITSM Library. Van Haren Publishing. ISBN 978-90-8753-082-2.
  4. ^ "OGC - - CCTA Re-direct Page". Office of Government Commerce (UK). 1 April 2003. Archived from the original on 22 April 2005. Retrieved 5 May 2005.
  5. ^ "OGC - ITIL". Office of Government Commerce (UK). 13 July 2009. Archived from the original on 9 September 2009. Retrieved 19 August 2009.
  6. ^ White, Sarah K.; Greiner, Lynn (18 January 2019). "What is ITIL? Your guide to the IT Infrastructure Library". CIO. Archived from the original on 24 April 2019. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
  7. ^ "ITIL 4". IT Process WIki. Archived from the original on 14 February 2022. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
  8. ^ Marrone, Mauricio; Kolbe, Lutz M. (15 January 2011). "Impact of IT Service Management Frameworks on the IT Organization". Business & Information Systems Engineering. 3 (1): 5–18. doi:10.1007/s12599-010-0141-5. ISSN 1867-0202.
  9. ^ Pollard, Carol; Cater-Steel, Aileen (14 April 2009). "Justifications, Strategies, and Critical Success Factors in Successful ITIL Implementations in U.S. and Australian Companies: An Exploratory Study". Information Systems Management. 26 (2): 164–175. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.631.8883. doi:10.1080/10580530902797540. ISSN 1058-0530. S2CID 14096708.

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